Dow class of 1964 celebrated their 52th Anniversary of Graduation in Washington DC at the DOGANA and APPNA Summer meeting. August 5 2016. Dr. Nisar practices Gastroenterology in Houston. Dr. Charania is a retired Orthopedic surgeon and lives in Houston, Texas. Regards Amin H. Karim MD
Habib Bank Ltd, Dow Medical College Branch was located at the corner of M.A. Jinnah Road and Baba-e-Urdu Road on one corner of Dow Medical College. It served the students and faculty of DMC. It moved to Eidgah Maidan near Radio Pakistan in 2004. The site now houses the Dow Lab.
Photo sometimes in 1980. Civil Hospital Karachi Medical Unit 2. Prof. Khwaja Muin was the head of the unit with house officers Dr. Ambo (Registrar), Dr. Nargis Kazi and Dr. Salma Hafiz (both of class of 1977) Please send any corrections and if others can be identified please send it to globelinker@gmail.com. Thanks. Prof. MuinRead More
Prof. Mushtaq Hasan was the Chief of General Medicine in the 1970’s and managed the Ward I of Civil Hospital, Karachi. Here is shown with his house staff in 1978 or so. Photo is courtesy of Dr. Nargis Kazi on the extreme left. Regards Amin H. Karim MD
12 Things You Realize When You Are A Student At DOW Medical College By Sidrah – Nov 25, 2015 Every student who wants to become a doctor has a dream of studying in the Dow Universityof Health Sciences. After years of struggle, when you finally get in, it is the happiest moment of your life. YourRead More
In order to get a clear idea of student movement in Pakistan, we have to look at the religious make up of the educational institutions in the regions, which became East and West Pakistan. On the western side, student activism sustained a grievous setback at the time of partition. An overwhelming majority of students wereRead More
Prof. Dr. Hussain Ahmed, M.B.B.S., D.A. (London), D.A. (Copenhagen), F.F.A.R.C.S. (London), F.C.P.S. (Pakistan). Dr. Hussain Ahmed was among the hardworking and dedicated pioneers who established departments of Dow Medical College (DMC) and Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK), after partition.Born on 15th Sept. ’23 in Madras, India, Dr. Hussain Ahmed completed his M.B.B.S. at Madras Medical College,Read More
Dr. Shahid Yousuf is a DMC graduate of 1976. He is a retired Psychiatrist in Florida. In August 2015 Association of Pakistani-Descent Physicians of North America (APPNA) awarded Dr. Yousuf a Gold Medal for his services to the cause of the Association and to the alumni in general. DOWITE SHAHID YOUSUF DMC 1976 BEING AWARDEDRead More
(Photo and text courtesy of Shehla Hussain MD) Prof. Dr. Mir Abdul Basir, M.B.B.S., PhD (London) was the Prof. of Physiology at the Dow Medical College, Karachi, from 1948 to 1951. He then moved to Liaquat Medical College as its founder Principal – cum – Prof. of Physiology where he served until his retirement inRead More
The Dow Canteen The famous Dow Medical College Canteen 1997. Note student party office on the ground floor with the Pakistan Post Office next to it. The Post Office issued National ID cards when they were first introduced. The canteen is no longer there replaced by the Dow University Building in 2008. Only it’s memoriesRead More
